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8th grade us history
chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| backcountry | a colonial region that ran along the Appalacian Mountains through the far western part of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies |
| smuggling | to illegally import or export goods |
| overseer | a worker hired by a planter to watch over and direct the work of slaves |
| subsistence farming | a farm that produces enough food for the family with a small additional amount for trade |
| cash crop | a crop grown by a farmer to be sold for money rather than for personal use |
| Appalacian Mountains | a mountain range that stretches from eastern Canada south to Alabama |
| triangle trade | the transatlantic system of trade in which goods, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe and West Indies, and the colonies in North America |
| diversity | a variety of people |
| navigation acts | a series of laws passed by Parliment, beginning in 1651, to ensure that England made money from its colonies' trade |
| indigo | a plant grown in the Southern colonies that yields a deep blue dye |
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